Canada: The rolling stock was unveiled in early January at a maintenance centre in Toronto.
Recent deals and tenders in the urban rail transport market.
Russia: On 16 January, the Moskva 2024 trainset ready for unattended operation was presented to Vladimir Putin at the capital’s metro depot Aminyevckoye.
India: On 17 January, two 16-car trainsets commenced commercial service on the 972 km route between Guwahati and Howrah.
Finland: A subsidiary of the railway operator VR Group has developed a solution enabling the transport of 1,435 mm standard-gauge trains on Finland's broader 1,524 mm rail network.
Russia: According to Gudok, citing the High-Speed Directorate of the operator, Russian Railways plans to introduce 60 new GoA4 trains of entirely domestic production.
USA: FreightCar America has completed the acquisition of Carly Railcar Components.
Russia: The development is being undertaken by two engineering centres, part of Sinara – Transport Machines: the design bureau of the Kalugaputmash plant and STM’s own research and development centre.
Vietnam: The country government has tasked the national operator VNR with delivering the project. A 250 ha site in the outskirts of Hanoi has been allocated for this purpose.